That EFT is highly controversial among psychologists ( I am psychologist). Most "studies" that show an effect are based on retrospective self reports of single cases. But these studies used no randomized groups or control groups at all. On the other hand there are very few more or less well conducted studies that reveal at least some clues on a mild effect for healing phobias. But that´s not so astonishing for psychologists because phobias belong to the mental disorders that can be cured very effective and reliable. That´s achieved by repetitive confrontation with the stimulus of anxiety. That therapy works "in vivo" as well as "in sensu". During an EFT session the subject might be concerned with the anxiety stimulus, consciously or unconsciously. Therefore it basically works like the confrontation therapy. So, no whichcraft is involved, at least for curing phobia. And like always: who cures is right! Placebo effect should be considered as well. Psychologists estimate that the effect of medicaments is based between 20 to 80 percent on the placebo effect. Usually it´s much higher with invasive methods like surgery or injection. A few years ago there was a very interesting study by German health insurances to explore the effectiveness of acupuncture. Trained professional acupuncturer applied the "right" method compared to bogus needling, i.e. they needled anywhere but not into the energetic meridians. The result was astonishing. First they found out that acupuncture works better for headache or chronical knee or back ache than medicaments . Second, there was no difference between real and bogus acupuncture. Since then German health insurance pays for acupuncture.
As far I know the reason for tinitus is not so clear in scientific research. One approach is that it is a malfunction of the brain (even when massive noise exposure was involved). The neurons are firing excessive synchronic. There is an interesting new approach to inhibit the synchronic firing by applying noises via headphones. These noises are not random but calculated by a certain algorhitmus, depending on the frequency of the tinitus. The researcher hope to cure with that neurostimulator also other disorders where synchronic neuron firing is involved, such as tremor or epilepsy. They achieved healing rates of 70 percent.
Gregor
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piano technician - tuner - dealer
Münster, Germany
www.weldert.de
Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2009 23:56:27 -0300
From: jrpiano at win.eastlink.ca
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Possible Help with Tinnitus
I just Googled the letters, and it directs
me to a site. http://www.emofree.com/
Wim, you should have put the site up, to
point us in the right direction.
Mind you, I just glanced at the site, and
it seems to cure everything., so maybe, Witchcraft isn't too far off.
:-)
John Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia
----- Original Message -----
From:
wimblees at aol.com
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Sent: Saturday, September 19, 2009 9:59
PM
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Possible Help
with Tinnitus
Stop
looking for witch doctor cures and protect your ears with professionally
fitted ear plugs before it’s too late.
Robin
StevensI agree that younger tuner should do what
Robin says. However, there are many of us "older" tuners who learned of the
benefits of ear plugs after it was too late, and I resent the implication
that the cure for tinitus I am talking about is witch craft. EFT is a
boniffied method of eliminating medical and emotional problems. EFT is
becoming one of the most recognized methods of curing all sorts of problems,
including Post War Syndrome soldiers are suffering from coming back from Iraq
and Afghanistan.
Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT
Piano
Tuner/Technician
Mililani, Oahu, HI
808-349-2943
Author of:
The
Business of Piano Tuning
available from Potter
Press
www.pianotuning.com
-----Original Message-----
From:
Robin Stevens <pianobee at bigpond.com>
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Sent:
Sat, Sep 19, 2009 1:02 pm
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Possible Help with
Tinnitus
I
wonder how many of you guys/Gals with Tinnitus wear proper ear plugs? ...I
would say a very few of you ;-(
Tinnitus
is one of the first signs of ear damage which leads to the downhill path of
complete deafness in one or both ears. Stop looking for witch doctor cures and
protect your ears with professionally fitted ear plugs before it’s too
late.
Robin
Stevens
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